So, if you want to know how to say culminate in French, how to express the verb in all the main tenses, here it is.

The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb culminer - French for culminate

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of culminer, which is French for culminate.

I culminate.

you culminated.

he will culminate.

we would culminate.

they may culminate.

The Verb Tables of Conjugation now presented below for culminer, allow you to practice your French verbs both by PRONOUN (vertically) - that is I, you, we, he, she, they etc, AND ALSO by TENSE (horizontally). Learn them both ways. Most verb tables only teach by tense, so that for example, you cannot actually learn the words for I from one tense to the other EXCEPT through learning each table by tense. In other words - a student is usually taught - I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go … BUT NOT I go, I went, I will go, I would go, I may go, I have gone etc, etc. These table allow this.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE culminer

Simple Tenses culminer

TENSE

je/j’

tu

il

nous

vous

ils

PresentPrésentculminate

culmine

culmines

culmine

culminons

culminez

culminent

Past ImperfectImparfaitculminated

culminais

culminais

culminait

culminions

culminiez

culminaient

Simple PastPassé Simpleculminated

culminai

culminas

culmina

culminâmes

culminâtes

culminèrent

FutureFuturwill culminate

culminerai

culmineras

culminera

culminerons

culminerez

culmineront

ConditionalConditionnelwould culminate

culminerais

culminerais

culminerait

culminerions

culmineriez

culmineraient

SubjunctiveSubjonctifmay culminate

culmine

culmines

culmine

culminions

culminiez

culminent

Compound Tenses culminer

Present PerfectPassé Composéhave culminated

ai culminé

as culminé

a culminé

avons culminé

avez culminé

ont culminé

Past PerfectPlus-que-Parfaithad culminated

avais culminé

avais culminé

avait culminé

avions culminé

aviez culminé

avaient culminé

Future PerfectFutur Antérieurwill have

aurai culminé

auras culminé

aura culminé

aurons culminé

aurez culminé

auront culminé

Conditional PerfectConditionnel Passéwould have culminated

aurais culminé

aurais culminé

aurait culminé

aurions culminé

auriez culminé

auraient culminé

ImperativeImperatifculminate!

culmine

culminons

culminez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of culminer the French for culminateprésent de l’indicatif

Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminateimparfait de l’indicatif

je culminais
- I culminated
- I was culminatingtu culminais
- you culminated- (familiar or informal)
- you were culminatingil, elle, on culminait
- he, she, it, one culminated
- he, she, it, one was culminatingnous culminions
- we culminated
- we were culminatingvous culminiez
- you culminated- (formal or plural)
- you were culminatingils, elles culminaient
- they culminated
- they were culminating

Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminatepassé simple

je culminai
- I culminatedtu culminas
- you culminated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on culmina
- he, she, it, one culminatednous culminâmes
- we culminatedvous culminâtes
- you culminated- (formal or plural)ils, elles culminèrent
they culminated
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

Future Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminatefutur

je culminerai
- I will culminatetu culmineras
- you will culminate (familiar or informal)il, elle, on culminera
- he, she, it, one will culminate nous culminerons
- we will culminatevous culminerez
- you will culminate (formal or plural)ils, elles culmineront
- they will culminate

Conditional Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminateconditionnel

je culminerais
- I would culminatetu culminerais
- you would culminate (familiar or informal)il, elle, on culminerait
- he, she, it, one would culminatenous culminerions
- we would culminatevous culmineriez
- you would culminate (formal or plural)ils, elles culmineraient
- they would culminate

Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminateprésent de subjonctif

que je culmine
- that I may culminateque tu culmines
- that you may culminate(familiar or informal)qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on culmine
- that he, she, it, one may culminateque nous culminions
- that we may culminateque vous culminiez
- that you may culminate(formal or plural)qu’ils, qu’elles culminent
- that they may culminate

The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb culminer - the verb ‘to culminate’ in French

Past Participle of culminer is: culminé -culminated.

These past tenses are all made using the tenses of avoir (to have) and the past participle. Being made of two parts they are called 'compound'.

Here’s the French for culminate conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.j’ai culminé
- I have culminated or I did culminate or
- I culminatedtu as culminé
- you have culminated or you did culminate - (familiar or informal) or
- you culminatedil, elle, on a culminé
- he, she, it, one has culminate or did culminate
- he, she, it culminatednous avons culminé
- we have culminated or we did culminate
- we culminatedvous avez culminé
- you have culminated or you did culminate (formal or plural) or
- or we culminatedils, elles ont culminé
- they have culminated or they did culminate
- they culminated

Here’s the French for -culminate conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.j’avais culminé
- I had culminatedtu avais culminé
- you had culminated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on avait culminé
- he, she, it, one had culminated nous avions culminé
- we had culminatedvous aviez culminé
- you had culminated (formal or plural)ils, elles avaient culminé
- they had culminated

Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminatefutur antérieur

j’aurai culminé
- I will have tu auras culminé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aura culminé
- he, she, it, one will have nous aurons culminé
- we will have vous aurez culminé
- you will have - (formal or plural)ils, elles auront culminé
- they will have

Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminateconditionnel passé

j’aurais culminé
- I would have culminatedtu aurais culminé
- you would have culminated- (familiar or informal)il, elle, on aurait culminé
- he, she, it, one would have culminatednous aurions culminé
- we would have culminatedvous auriez culminé
- you would have culminated- (formal or plural)ils, elles auraient culminé
- they would have culminated

Imperative Tense conjugations of culminer, the French for culminateimpératif

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